Iolcus

Iolcus

Iolcos, Iolkos

More information on Iolcus is available at the Pleiades project.

settlement

Events
  1. Jason sets out for the Calydonian Boar Hunt
  2. Cretheus founds Iolcus
  3. Cretheus marries and has children
  4. Jason dwells in Iolcus
  5. Pelias makes a sacrifice to Poseidon by the sea, orders Jason to be present
  6. Pelias orders Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece
  7. Crew of the Argo assembles
  8. The Argonauts arrive home
  9. Pelias forces Aeson to commit suicide
  10. Pelias kills Promachus
  11. Polymede kills herself
  12. Jason asks Medea to come up with a plan for revenge against Pelias
  13. Medea tricks Pelias’ daughters into cutting him up and boiling him
  14. Acastus expels Jason and Medea from Iolcus
  15. Acastus purifies Peleus
  16. Peleus competes with Atalanta in wrestling
  17. Astydamia falls in love with Peleus
  18. Astydamia requests a meeting with Peleus
  19. Peleus refuses to meet Astydamia
  20. Astydamia sends a message to Antigone telling her that Peleus is about to marry Acastus’ daughter Sterope
  21. Astydamia tells Acastus that Peleus attempted to seduce her
  22. Peleus sacks Iolcus with Jason and the Dioscuri
  23. Peleus kills Astydamia
  24. Eumelus and the Pheraeans send ships to Troy
People
  1. Acastus
  2. Actor
  3. Aeson
  4. Amphiaraus
  5. Amythaon
  6. Antigone
  7. Ascalaphus
  8. Asterius
  9. Astydamia
  10. Atalanta
  11. Augeas
  12. Autolycus
  13. Butes
  14. Caeneus
  15. Calais
  16. Castor
  17. Cepheus
  18. Cretheus
  19. Erginus
  20. Eumelus
  21. Euphemus
  22. Eurytus
  23. Hercules
  24. Ialmenus
  25. Idas
  26. Iphitus
  27. Jason
  28. Laertes
  29. Lynceus
  30. Medea
  31. Menoetius
  32. Orpheus
  33. Palaemon
  34. Peleus
  35. Pelias
  36. Periclymenus
  37. Phanostratus
  38. Pheres
  39. Poeas
  40. Pollux
  41. Polymede
  42. Polyphemus
  43. Promachus
  44. Staphylus
  45. Telamon
  46. Theseus
  47. Tiphys
  48. Tyro
  49. Zetes
Groups
  1. Argonauts
  2. Daughters of Pelias
  3. Pheraeans vs Troy
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.11
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.26
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.27
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.2
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.7
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 710
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.9
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.10
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.11
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 2.5
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 3.6
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 36.1
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 11.2
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